Drops
Online EU 185.180.2.13:28298 checked 11m ago
Vital stats
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 26 Oct. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 38% of all ranked servers, top 73% in EU. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Tags
Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Drops?
These are the Rust Pop Watch lists that include Drops: European Rust servers, live, Modded Rust servers, live and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: Europe; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Last wipe: In the last week.
What do the server tags on Drops mean?
The game's server browser picks up these tags from Drops: gmrust (Game mode): Survival, standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): Slots: 30; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, which is the game default; v2635 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2635, so your client has to match it to join; cs168909 (Build): It's on game build 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region code has been set; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other; ^o (Oxide): A plugin framework called Oxide (uMod) is running here; ^z (Modded): The game is changed by plugins or settings, hence the Modded listing; EU (Europe): Its place in the server browser is under Europe. The tags also carry its current players, queue and world creation time, all shown at the top of this page.
The players
How does Drops rank against other Rust servers?
Drops takes #8,566 on seven-day player hours, a top 38% spot overall and #2,133 across Europe.
How many players are on Drops right now?
Drops is holding 0 players, with 30 slots in total. Averaging 0 players across seven days, it topped out at 2. Look at 15:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.
About the server
Is Drops online, and how reliable is it?
Right now, Drops is up and running. The uptime figure suggests it restarted roughly 33 minutes ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 3 full days, 71 of 72 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 26 October 2026.
Does Drops run smoothly?
Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 20, with 20 as the lowest. At its peak it held 103,343 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 3,569 MB of memory was used. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.
Where is Drops located?
With its EU tag, Drops lists itself in Europe. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 185.180.2.13:28298.
Which Rust version is Drops on?
On Linux, Drops runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Wipe days
What is the wipe schedule on Drops?
Too few wipes are on record for Drops to reveal its rhythm. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 3 days 13 hours.
The rules
Which map does Drops run?
The procedural map on Drops measures 4,250 and comes from the game with seed 26830. Look at it on RustMaps from this page: the same size and seed always make the same map.
What are the rules and settings on Drops?
No gather rate appears in the name of Drops. Groups go up to 8 players, which is the default. no fighting other players: that is the pve mode. It is a Modded listing: plugins or settings change how the game plays. Oxide plugins are running on it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.
Getting in
How do I join Drops?
Enter client.connect 185.180.2.13:28298 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.